Archaeology News

Keep abreast of the latest archaeology news coming out of Japan with Japanese and English articles. Dates appearing after post titles correspond to the original publishing date of the newspaper articles. When appropriate, links appear in several historical periods.

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[Pleistocene Epoch]

Shiraho-Saonetabaru Dōketsu – Late Pleistocene human remains discovered in Ryukyu Islands (2011/02/06)

[Jomon period]

Akitsu Iseki – Sawtooth stag beetle uncovered in almost perfect condition (2011/05/24)

Murohama Shell Mound (2010/11/19)

[Yayoi period]

Ikeshima Fukumanji Iseki – Oldest domestic Oriental Stork footprint uncovered (2011/05/19)

Makimuku Iseki – Remains of large building discovered (2011/04/28)

Motodaka Yumi no Ki Iseki – Around 200 logs uncovered at early Yayoi waterway (2010/12/25)

Zanmochi Iseki – Lelang Commandery pottery appears at Yayoi site (2010/12/23)

Yanagisawa Iseki – Kyushu and Osaka Bay style halberds unearthed together (2008/02/29)

Makimuku Iseki: Pollen discovery offers clues about China trade (2007/10/04)

Makimuku Iseki: Oldest wooden mask in Japan uncovered (2007/09/28)

[Kofun period]

Kanai Higashiura Iseki – Remains found of Kofun-Period man wearing armor (2012/12/10)

Makimuku Iseki – Remains of large building discovered (2011/04/28)

Ikeda Kofun – Complete specimen of waterfowl haniwa discovered (2011/03/02)

Konda Gobyōyama Kofun – Square platform found on zenpōbu (2011/02/19)

Motodaka Yumi no Ki Iseki – Around 200 logs uncovered at early Yayoi waterway (2010/12/25)

Minato Chausuyama Kofun – No central personage interred inside? (2010/12/24)

Kakitani Kofun – Iron horse trappings from mid-6th century hōfun (2010/12/23)

Kitayama Haiji/Kitayama Mishima Iseki – Hiragama and noborigama kilns found in Wakayama prefecture (2010/12/17)

Mizuochi Iseki and Ishigami Iseki – The oldest domestic water clock? (2010/12/03)

Yoshida Kofun – Octagonal mounded tombs not only for the imperial family? (2010/11/27)

Akitsu Iseki – 4th century ritual space or residence? (2010/11/25)

Nojō Iseki – Late Yayoi canals found (2010/11/23)

Terasaki Shirakabezuka Kofun – 7th-century octagonal kofun one of the earliest of its kind? (2010/05/11)

Tsukuriyama Kofun – Newly uncovered moat bolsters identification (2010/03/17)

Tsugeyama Kofun – Japan’s first excavation of an unpilfered kofun (2010/03/05)

Kawachi Ōtsukayama Kofun – Japan’s fifth largest kofun incomplete? (2010/02/19)

Onnadani Arasaka Ōketsu-Gun – Eight new graves uncovered (2010/01/27)

Sakurai Chausuyama Kofun – Graffiti discovered inside (2009/10/24)

Kashihara Iseki: Residence of Soga no Emishi? (2008/02/28)

Makimuku Iseki: Oldest wooden mask in Japan uncovered (2007/09/28)

[Nara period]

Yakushiji – Edo period Daihannyakyō books actually from Nara period (2011/02/02)

Motodaka Yumi no Ki Iseki – Around 200 logs uncovered at early Yayoi waterway (2010/12/25)

Heijō Palace – Mokkan announcing Empress Shōtoku’s death uncovered (2010/12/04)

Saidaji grounds – Mokkan bearing Isonokami Yakatsugu’s name found amongst cache (2009/12/03)

[Heian period]

Yakushiji – Edo period Daihannyakyō books actually from Nara period (2011/02/02)

Motodaka Yumi no Ki Iseki – Around 200 logs uncovered at early Yayoi waterway (2010/12/25)

Kitayama Haiji/Kitayama Mishima Iseki – Hiragama and noborigama kilns found in Wakayama prefecture (2010/12/17)

Onnadani Arasaka Ōketsu-Gun – Eight new graves uncovered (2010/01/27)

Rokutanda Iseki: Four Heian-period mokkan uncovered (2008/03/07)

[Kamakura period]

Hakodate – 14th century Trần Dynasty Vietnamese coin uncovered (2011/05/25)

Yakushiji – Edo period Daihannyakyō books actually from Nara period (2011/02/02)

Kitayama Haiji/Kitayama Mishima Iseki – Hiragama and noborigama kilns found in Wakayama prefecture (2010/12/17)

[Muromachi period]

Hakodate – 14th century Trần Dynasty Vietnamese coin uncovered (2011/05/25)

Sakurai Chausuyama Kofun – Graffiti discovered inside (2009/10/24)

[Edo period]

Yakushiji – Edo period Daihannyakyō books actually from Nara period (2011/02/02)

Okita I Iseki – Oribeyaki foreign devil water dropper (2010/11/16)